Lime Sweet Pickles - cooking recipe

Ingredients

7 lb. cucumbers, sliced
2 gal. water
2 c. lime
3 qt. vinegar
12 c. sugar
2 Tbsp. salt
2 Tbsp. pickling spices
1 tsp. celery seed
1 tsp. mustard seed
blue and green food coloring (optional)

Preparation

Dissolve lime thoroughly in water before adding cucumbers. Let stand 24 hours, stirring occasionally.
Take out and wash 4 times in clear water.
Let stand in clear, cold water for 3 hours. Drain.
Mix the vinegar, sugar, salt, pickling spices, celery seed and mustard seed (put spices in a bag).
Mix well and pour this mixture over cold cucumbers.
Let set overnight.